. >> reporter: jeb bush looking at board games and taking shots at donald trump who's focussed on his own feud with hillary clinton. trump's attacks, just getting started, he warns, cautioning clinton to be careful after she said this to the des moines register. >> this is not the first time he's demonstrated a pension for sexism. >> reporter: and he's under fire now for what plit ifact calls the lie of the year and determining three quarters of the comments aren't true and >> he's the only candidate i've seen in i don't know how many cycles that has been able to get away with what he gets away with. they constantly forgive him for the things he says. >> reporter: trump making plenty of noise but on christmas, quiet on the campaign trail. candidates spending time with families, sending greeters to supporters. and in rand paul's case, airing his annual festivus grievances, light hearted swipes at hiss rivals, at least some of them. >> quiet for now. >>> you know last night, christmas eve was celebrated around the world. pope francis leading mass for nearly 10,000 pilgrims at st. peters

over jeb bush, looking patz to the general election. >> reporter: looking past bush and the rest of the republican field. you mentioned jeb bush taking shots at donald trump. at one point today in florida saying trump wakes up in his pa jam mas, does tv interviews by phone and makes up foreign policy on the fly. donald trump really not responding to much of that these days. as you say, looking ahead to not just hillary clinton in a general election, but bill clinton as well. trump basically saying that since hillary clinton accused him last week of sexism, he is going to raise the same charge against bill clinton, who is now going to be going out on the campaign trail a lot, after the first of the year. here's trump. >> i think he is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be very troubled, to put it mildly, because of all of the things she is talking to me about. mentioning sexism. >> reporter: just in the last few moments we learn from the clinton campaign that bill clinton's aggressive campaign schedule begins next monday. he'l

jeb bush looking like he was picking on him and the faces that donald trump made while jeb bush attacked him were classic. just watch this a little bit. >> he's not the commander and chief we need to keep the >> mr. trump? >> jeb doesn't really believe i'm unhinged. he says that because he's failed in the campaign. nobody cares and i'm the most solid person up here. i built a tremendous company. i want to make america great again. i don't want our country being taken away from us. that is what happened. the policies have been a disaster. >> look, he mentioned me, this is the problem, watch this, banning all muslims make it harder to do what we have to do, we to destroy isis and get the warriors off the back of the fighters. greg: when is it good? rosanna: we missed that part. yeah, because donald trump is very animated when people talk you know how he feels about what they are saying. greg: never seen anything like this in politics. rosanna: right there. greg: got it. rosanna: he's got, you know, very animated. if he was an actor, he's emoting. greg: all right. so. again, the experts are

i am jeb bush looking at the polls and maybe he is make the case for himself rather than playing in thewhole thing and saying you brlt not do it with trump. i am skeptical that that will work. >>> somebody who was in solid second place and down there with the jeb bush. dr. bep carson. he has said that his campaign is undergoing a big shake-up and then comes back. no, i trust my team and we'll tweet some things. >> what is it? >> i don't know. we are seeing an inexperienced candidate melting a bit under the presidential campaign. there is chaos there in his campaign. look at iowa. that is a state he must win. in the end of october. and he was at 32 percent and leading in that state. he dipped in the real clear in single digits on support there. and my suspicion it is not because of his team, i think a lot of voters woke up in a post paris and post san bernardino world and said this is a guy who we like and incredible life story and we are not confident he is prepared to be commander in chief. i think that is what happen to ben carson. >> foreign policy is dominating their moipds. >> merr

it's not fair to jeb bush. looko pony in this little race, all right? i'm just here to do an honest appraisal of what happened. jeb bush is a traditional politician who did a good job in florida. he doesn't feel it it all right? he doesn't feel the anger. he doesn't feel the frustration. you know what he does feel? he knows that he understands the issues and that he already performed well.5- and he can't believe he is losing to trump. he cannot believe that 29 people that you you saw think he is a nimrod or whatever. and he can't believe it. >> he attacks hillary clinton and president obama these 29 republican voters started turning the dials up big time for president bush okay. my broader point is yes we should be fair to president bush. his strategy of just saying i'm going to be taking on donald trump it hasn't worked as well donald. you got to put yourself in bush's shoes. the only thing he can do. and i agree working.w the only thing you can do is appeal to the american people and say look, this guy doesn't kno

. >> chris christie, by the way, overtaking jeb bush. >> look, there's obviously republican voters, they want more than anything else, they want strength. you've had trump demonstrate that in a big way, cruz, and chris christie as well. >>> well, i would say it's getting exciting, but it's been exciting. >>> guys, thanks for joining us turin. >> making waves took for folks who are critical. joe trippi and jackson of the president's race. really. >>> bus a beauty queen suspended for what she said to film maker michael moore about muslims, and when one of our guests dared to make a joke about "star wars"? she was hit with downright outrageous and abusive comments, even death threats. >>> after a record-setting weekend for the franchise, she's here to respond to all her critics. >>> all i said is i wasn't familiar with "star wars", because i've been too busy liking cool things and being attractive. >> yes. >> people threatened my life. ♪ ♪ ♪ you may not even think about the energy that lights up your world. but we do. we're exxonmobil. and the cleaner-burning natural gas we produce generate

sometimes i felt jeb bush didn't look presidential. if you had jeb bush against trump, who do you think won the battle? >> frankly, jeb put in his strongest performance last night. i thought that at times he had trump on his heels. that foretells what he may be able to do, but may be too little too late. actually, i thought one of the very interesting things to watch last night was the debate between cruz and rubio. there was substance there, but then chris pointed out it was like a debate on the senate floor. to quote him, his eyes were glazed over. the reason that trump continues to resume -- resonate with people is because he speaks in common terms. when you start talking about in- depth policy issues the american public gets lost in the weeds and tend to gravitate towards people who can speak clearly and distinctly about things. you saw elements of that on all aspects last night. >> do you think jeb bush was trying to convince the voters, yes, i am good for the country? or was he trying to convince the gop and donors? >> one thing a

really think the field narrowed and i think trump really disappointed me. >> rob, would you give jeb bush a look this election but i do think he is really a great candidate. i think the most important thing tonight was trump saying he wouldn't run as an independent. i think that will mean a lot for the republican party not to h he that drag on their electoral votes. >> jose, a lot of good words for chris christie, some surprising ones maybe for trump. again an unscientific focus group here but these are the kinds of conversations that republicans all across the country are having these days. >> steve kornacki, thanks so much. >>> up next, the fed could be poised to raise interest rates today for the first time since george w. bush was president. what the rate hike means and whether it's going to be good for bad news for our personal finances. phil! oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is that you? it's me... you don't look a day over 70. am i right? jingle jingle. if you're peter pan, you stay young forever. it's what you do. if you want to sav

and that guy is jeb bush. look at this. jeb bush nearly triples his nearest competitor in terms of how much ad spending any of the candidates have done this year. jeb bush has spent $30 million already. just on tv ads. to try to improve his standing among republican primary voters. and in that time, this is what's happened, this is thatly line there, this is what's happened to jeb bush's standing in the polls in iowa. this is what's happened to jeb bush's standing in the polls in new hampshire. this is what has happened to jeb bush's standing in the polls in south carolina. and this is what has happened to his standing in the polls nationwide. that's what $30 million has bought him in ad spending. that's the polling result. that's the performance he has had from spending almost as much money as all of the other republican presidential candidates combined on his tv ads. that is just terrible. you spend $30 million, you want your numbers to go up. but that dynamic which is phenomenal, that shows just how wrong all of the old

. >> reporter: in the republican race, friends turned rifle riva display as jeb bush looking to findome campaign mojo took on his former protege marco rubio. >> marco, when you signed up for this this was a six-year term. literally, the senate, a everything from workweek? >> someone con vipsed you that attacking me is going to help you. >> bush is endsing the year with poll numbers stuck in the single digi digitses. while some gop candidates shied away from taking on trump, former hbo ceo, carly fiorina. >> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> reporter: from fiorina to trump to neurosurgeon ben carson, 2015 was the year of the outsider candidate. carson who has no political experience briefly topped the republican polls this fall but his inspiring personal theirive of a violent past and spiritual redemption was called into question by a cnn investigation. >> you know when i was 14 another youngster angered me and i had a large camping knife and i tried to stab him in the abdomen with it. fortunately he had a large metal buck blelt and it brok

as for jeb bush, it looks like you might need several pairs if you will catch up in your race. i say that with an exclamation point. boston mayor marty walsh, you have spent much of the last year with steve wynn. why not have him over to your em sock ' em, and call it a day. these. for the junior senator ed markey, there are those who invisible. are a couple of tricks in here to help you reappear. if that does not work, this >> she is not even running. as we are about to enter the final season in boston, a few things for retirement. you will finally be able to lounge around at night and watch the game in something unlike some pictures from a few years back, enjoy an adult beverage or two while you do. cheers and thanks. for massachusetts governor charlie baker, if the t should break down this winter, you will need one of these, like one for every commuter, with the uber app already downloaded. four democratic front runner hillary clinton, can you really have too many flash drives? i suggest the whole rack and color coordinated for christmas. and it is not easy finding something

but i draw your attention to this -- one jeb bush. look republicans a negative view of jeb bush. you look at all that money he's spending trying to get back into contention, he's got a lot to overcome. that's what that number there tells you. now we can take you to the democratic side, also a poll there, new national poll. hillary clinton doubling up bernie sanders, 60%-30%. clinton's moved up over the last few weeks. maybe that has something to do with paris. maybe that has something to do with the new focus on national security, foreign policy, areas that bernie sanders hasn't typically focused on. we can show you, look head-to-head. this is potential general election match-ups here for next year. hillary clinton right now would beat all of the major republican candidates. the closest race would be against marco rubio. she's ahead of him by one point right now. most lopsided race -- she's six points ahead of donald trump right now. interestingly, ben carson. ben carson had been leading clinton all summer around into the fall in head-to-h

and for jeb bush, look, he has gone in as the establishment guy, gone in as the guy especially on issuesf inclusiveness, whether it was hispanics or others that he's going to kind of be the one to defend what he considers the republican brand and the right thing to do. and i don't think that he feels like he has a lot to lose. and he wants to be who he is. and that's why he did it. >> hugh, jeb bush today trying to turn this into a pitch on the campaign trail, to donors, to supporters, he'll stand up to trump. do you think that could move the needle for him? >> i think it helped him last night. i gave the gold to chris christie. and if i can overwork an analogy, if you've seen the movie "creed," spoiler alert coming. body blows like rubio and chris last night. but chris christie was rocky. he stood over there and had a few home runs and he got back into this race in new hampshire. so those three came out, but governor bush gave himself new life, new lift. i think if you look at the end of the debate last night, people are talking about those five people. donald trump, who many people thi

elizabeth: republican presidential candidate jeb bush is looking to make a jump in the polls here in iowa. he spent tuesday campaigning across the state. in waterloo he gave a hint about might be. >> should i be elected president , i would have my vice president i think she will be a great partner. i mean -- oh wait did i say that out loud? [laughter] we always talk about this with one gender in mind i think we've reached the point in our country where maybe we should be a little less gender specific. elizabeth: the former florida governor also spoke tuesday evening to dmacc students at the school's newton campus. the latest quinnipiac university poll of likely caucus goers in iowa has bush polling in the single digits at just 4%. eric: on the democratic side front-runner hillary clinton has just announced another iowa campaign stop. she now has a town hall meeting in fort dodge planned for 4:15 this friday afternoon at iowa central community college. elizabeth: time is 4:45. and the snowflakes floating around the central iowa. the mix master you might want to there could be s >> wea

steve: in commitment 2016 news tonight, republican presidential candidate jeb bush is looking to make a jump in the polls here in iowa. he spent the day campaigning across the state. in waterloo, he gave a hint about who his future vice president might be. mr. bush: should i be elected president, i would have my vice president, i think she will be a we always talk about this with one gender in mind i think we've reached the point in our country where, maybe we should be a little less gender specific. steve: very interesting. the former florida governor also spoke this evening to dmacc students at the school's newton campus. the latest quinnipiac university poll of likely caucus goers in iowa has bush polling in the single digits, at just 4%. on the democratic side, front-runner hillary clinton has just announced another iowa campaign stop. she now has a town hall meeting in fort dodge planned for 4:15 p.m. this friday at iowa central community college. stacey: incredible new video out of california tonight where officials are investigating a tanker fire. it shut down the 15 freeway ne

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, what is fascinating to me is that jeb bush is rhetorically talking about donald trump, but look at where the organizations align with jeb bush are spending actual money. his super pac is attacking marco rubio in iowa and chris christie in new jersey. personally, they should be spending all their money to attack donald trump. he's got 35% and the people with him have combined 15% of the vote. i watched the speed that hallie is at. trump was very energetic. he has a fascinating rip on jeb bush, which he says i shouldn't even be talking about this guy because he's at 2% in the polls and spends ten minutes running him down to talk about how low energy he is. >> that is a very good point. we have seen him do that with a couple different candidates. kasie, i want to give you the final question, which draws upon the point that chris is making. we're starting to see this in-fighting within the gop, with marco rubio, with jeb bush, with chris christie over, you know, they are attacking marco rubio per not having voted enough in the senate. attacking jeb bush for not showing up in new jer

. >> reporter: in the republican race, friends turned rivals on display as jeb bush looking to finallysome campaign mojo took on his former protege marco rubio. >> when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. and you should be showing up to work. >> someone quinsd you that attacking me is going to help you. >> rubio bested his old mentor and rubio has numbers stuck in the single digits. carly fiorina called trump out for controversial comments he made about her face. >> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> reporter: from fiorina to trump to neurosurgeon ben carson, 015 was the year of the outsider candidate. carson, who has no political experience, briefly topped the republican polls this fall, but his inspiring personal narrative of a violent past and spiritual redemption was called into question about a cnn investigation. >> you know, when i was 14 another youngster angered me and i had a camping knife and i tried to stab him in the abdomen with it. fortunately, he had a large metal belt buckle, he fled in terror. >> reporter: makin

as jeb bush looking to find campaign mojo took on his former property jay marco rubio. >> marco, whensigned up for this, this is a six-year term. you should be returning to work. the senate, is it a french workweek? >> someone convinced you attacking me is going to help you. >> rubio bested his mentor and pushed his end in the year with poll numbers stuck in the single digits. plus some gop candidates shied away from taking on trump. former ceo carley fiorina called him out for controversial comments he made about her face. >> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> from fiorina to trump to ben carson, 2015 was the year of the outsider candidate. carson, who has no political experience briefly topped the republican polls this fall. but his inspiring personal narrative of a violent past and spiritual resem dem shun was called into question by a cnn investigation. >> when i was 14, i had a large camping knife, i tried to stab him in the abdomen with it. fortunately he had a large met am belt buckle. i hit it with such force it broke it. >> it move

that's where it's increasingly looking like a do or die situation for that establishment on the road to the republican nomination. right to rise, the super pac allied with jeb bushs looking for help on a letter-writing campaign, aimed at undecided voters in new hampshire. that's not all. "the new york times" reports that the group has received over $10 million in tv ad time ahead of the primary. that includes two spots set to air during the super bowl. just a month ago, the "union leader" new hampshire, a major political player in new hampshire threw its support behind chris christie. the new jersey governor was flailing nationally, but that endorsement breathed new life into his campaign. he's spent the most time in the granite state. both christie and bush say they're counting on new hampshire to vet the field. that's an open plea to knock donald trump off his pedestal. ahead of trump's rally tonight in new hampshire, he's been less focused on bush and christie. instead, he's sitting his sights on hillary and bill clinton and he says attacks on bill clinton are fair game. >> i think he is fair game because his presidency was really considered to be very troubl

jeb bush said donald trump was a jerk. fought with him during the debate earlier this week. is there any oxygen in jeb bush's campaign? >> look, i think this is the last best hope he has. if i were him, i'd be doing getting in fights with donald trump hasn't been good for other candidates, but you know, i think there's an odd bit of freedom. what did janice joplin once again? freedom is when you have nothing left to lose. cue a little janice. harry, we have lost the audience now. >> they'll be watching you in a little while. >> appreciate it. >> chuck todd, "meet the press," with an exclusive interview with house speaker paul ryan. >>> sheinelle following a developing story. a plane vanishing off the radar in california. >> investigators are heading to california after the small plane disappeared overnight. the single engine plane was en route from san jose to las vegas was the pilot issued a may day call. no sign of survivors. >>> in los angeles, one man is dead after a police shooting inside an emergency room. being evaluated after an earlier altercation with police. authorities say he was initially cooperative but turned v

>> republican jeb bush is looking for a brand new strategy now of 2016.is redeploying just about all of his staff from his headquarters in miami sending them to new hampshire fortifying his ground game de emphasizing his campaign. ben carson is moving ahead with the longest plan to revamp his campaign. we don't know what it will entirely involve but he is not interested in changing his under stated tone. >> i need people to understand i am talking about it that toughness is not dictated how loudly you say something. toughness is dictated what you have achieved in your life. >> as far as the race beginning to narrow down here, a lot of this is going to be determined by resources. how much money do these folks have to actually stay in the race? ted cruz raised $20 million over just the past quarter. his performance in recent iowa poles m polls may be fuelling donald trump's decision to spend more money on tv ads. >> never a dull moment. now to extreme weather levees along the mississippi river threatened by historic flooding. the river is expected to crest

and look, you can see ted cruz is bumping up and jeb bush started the year as a major force. 3% for jebttle closer inside this. this is very interesting. if you separate republicans between those who have college degrees and those who do not, this is basically a 50/50 split, donald trump is dominating with those who do not have college degrees. a much more muddled picture with the half of the party that does have college degrees. finally, there is this, the party establishment, the people on the republican side who say they don't want donald trumps their nominee, they are making an electability argument, warning republicans if you nominate donald trump, we lose seats in the house, we lose to hillary clinton. but if you ask republicans which of all these candidates running, which is the most electable, 52% are saying that donald trump has the best chance of beating the democrats. that electability argument right now is working in donald trump's favor. >> steve kornacki, thanks for breaking it down. ted cruz is in iowa where he's holding a gun rights rally at a shooting rain. i want to go

. >> in the republican race, friends turned rivals on display as jeb bush, looking to finally find some mojo, took on marco rubio. >> when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term and you should be showing up to work. the senate, what is it like the french workweek. >> someone a convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. >> bush is ending the year with poll numbers stuck in the single digits. while some gop candidates shied away from taking on trump, carly fiorina called her out during the debate for controversial comments he made about her face. >> i think women all over the country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> from fiorina to trump to neurosurgeon ben carson, 2015 was the year of the outsider con dade. carson briefly topped the political polls this fall but his inspiring personal narrative of a violent past and spiritual redemption was called into question. >> i had a large camping knife and i tried to stab him in the abdomen with it. fortunately he had a large metal belt buckle. >> making great campaign material for donald trump. >> the belt moves thi

. >> reporter: and while republican rival jeb bush looks ready to mix it up. >> donald, i'll take you on one-on-one in a debate any time any place, you name it, and i'll do it. >> reporter: it's trump still leading in new hampshire, by double digits, now reminding supporters to vote but fumbling to remember when. >> it's so important that on february 8th, 9th, what you should do on february 8th, stand there. and on february 9th, you get in and vote. >> reporter: donald trump loves but there's one poll he hasn't mentioned yet. a new one from gallup showing him in second place for title of most admired man in the world, tied with pope francis. savannah, number one on that list, by the way, president obama. >> hallie jackson, you just teed up mr. trump quite well. he's on the phone. mr. trump, good morning. good to talk to you as always. >> good morning. >> let me start with the latest tweet you have talking about bill clinton. you say he had failed baldelli in the 2008 gain when he acted as a surrogate for his wife, and you added he was called a racist i know you choose your words caref

if he sort of says -- look, you look at jeb bush, look at what donald trump did with jeb bush, he hammers over and over on a certain narrative. it's not a bad thing for him with the folks he's trying to appeal with. then you see it sort of playing out like that. >> it could. it just depends if he wants to go there. look, they do have a history. a good history. i mean, donald trump and bill clinton remember like way back in the day like, i don't know, six months ago when they were really good friends. >> he wants to be a democrat. >> remember that? that was so maybe seven months ago. it depends. but trump has the capacity to be incredibly unfiltered, politically incorrect as his supporters like to say. and who knows where that's going to take us when it comes to bill clinton and his past. >> let's talk money now. because there are reports that donald trump's campaign is going to put some money out there that they're preparing to launch an ad blitz. and we haven't seen him do this yet. why would he do this now, do you think? >> well, at a minimum i think he would do that because now we're n

jeb bush: the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. announcer: tested and proven leadership matters. jeb bush. >>> taking a look at the headlines, flying is likely to be a challenge again today in much of the u.s. because of winter weather. already more than 1,600 flights have been cancelled or delayed with most of the problems in the mid west and the northeast. the ripple effect could have a ripple effect on passengers coast to coast. >>> there's more concern over hoverboards. the consumer products safety commission is investigating at least 22 reports of, hoverboard fires in 17 states. the latest incident happened on fire at a mall outside houston possibly because the batteries overheating. several harls in the u.s. have banned hoverboards in checked luggage or carry-ones because of those fire concerns. >>> netflix is offering parents some help on new year's eve. it has launched a new set of on-demand countdowns so that parents can let their kids ring in the new year before their bed time. there are six different countdowns including ones with care bears and inspector gadget. >>> heavy traffic is the norm in

i think there's a lot more to this jeb bush story. take a look at this. ese are all the polls in national polls that have been taken in the last few months, that match up, mitt romney, jeb bush, krachris christie. the three big hitters on the republican side. and look at this. every single one of these polls in the last few months, reputable polls, shows mitt romney beating jeb bush by 11, by 9, by 5, by 8. so this idea that jeb bush has suddenly surged to the front of the republican pack and is this commanding front-runner right now, i'm not buying it. >> a year ago today, everyone was talking about how jeb bush was surging in the polls with a commanding lead. but our own steve kornacki, the prescient young mind that he is, was skeptical of just how commanding that lead was. and he made sure that we knew not to believe the hype. turns out steve was right. jeb's front-runner status was short lived, to say the least. but who could have predicted that the republican front-runner today would be someone that we were not even thinking about a year ago. donald t

up next we'll look ahead to jeb bush's campaign stop in the midlands. plus the g-o-p front runner rallies supporters in the low country. stay with us for more a-b-c from main and gervais. right now republican presidential candidate jeb midlands. the former florida governor is hosting a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse barbecue in lexington. a-b-c columbia has a crew at the event. earlier this week...bush said democratic front runner hillary clinton quote "has no clue about leading the country" and that g-o-p leader donald trump is quote "not serious about being a candidate". speaking of "the donald" he was in the low country this morning. trump held a campaign rally at the westin hilton head island resort and spa. trump defended his recent decision to attack hillary clinton by bringing up the monica lewinsky scandal. trump's next campaign event in the state will take place in rock hill in january. the republican presidential primary takes place february 20th. cloudy and rainy out there today, what will the weather look like for the start of 2016? y

i know this, he was looking at running and the reason he decided not to run is because he decided someone was unbeatable and that someone was jeb bush is the most political. intimidated out by jeb bush. >> when you look at that debate stage, mitt romney could have dominated it maybe. the question is how would he handle trump? how does a gentleman line romney handle -- >> worst political move of the year? >> i think you can almost throw a dart at anything that rahm emanuel did in the last two years. i think the entire handling of the laquan mcdonald case and allowing the settlement to go through without comment and saying he never saw the video which mismanaged the situation. it's not only going to hurt his potential political future but he is also now going to hit anita alvarez and i think rahm emanuel is defunkt as a surrogate for hillary clinton. >> he is in a tough spot. >> worst political move of the year? >> the rnc chairman when he signed the note with donald trump saying he is going to support him no matter what. i think that did really tie him up and now he realizes he is about to face -- >> my worst political move of the ye

jeb bush? >> yeah. >> they're all looking at me. there is jeb bush sitting in the middle.y of this. immediately i thought of the director of hope for new hampshire saying, why not you? i thought, why not me? what don't i have to offer? >> reporter: what casey is offering is a desperate story. tough to hear about an epidemic of drug abuse claiming too many lives in new england. >> it's the number one thing somebody under the age of 35 is going to die from in my state. beats out car accidents. if you're not paying attention to that, you have no right to represent anybody. >> reporter: 14 months ago, drug abuse barely registered here in the granite state. now, it's at the top. more important to voters than jobs, the economy, taxes, you name it. >> oxycontin went off like a bomb here. >> reporter: pills like these and heroin have a lot in common. they are so chemically similar for an addict or abuser, they are interchangeable. no surprise 80% of heroin addicts started off using pills. how did that happen for you? >> somebody in the hotel offered us heroin. i almost looked at i

does it hurt or help jeb bush? >> look, if donald trump wants to be president of the united states he's really hurt himself. okay? this is not way to get to 50% plus 1 in this country and probably the support of majority of the republican partiment is it going to hurt him right now? probably not. this is basically the same message to preach since getting in the race. all of the problems you're feeling, let me tell you who to blame. mexicans. it is china. >> it's gotten -- >> no, no. >> more hard core. >> he escalates it and what's it done is you have had a republican party that's been afraid to confront him. you've had a republican party behind the scenes saying what do we do? they're condemning today. the question is, it's the next step. are they going to go to the point to hear candidates saying, i won't support him? are you going to go to the next step and the rnc says we don't want you on our debates and then decide it is so bad for the brand of the republican party that we have to make a public effort to keep him out

. >> reporter: in the republican race friends turned rivals on display as jeb bush was looking to finallyformer protege marco rubio. >> marco, when you signed up for this, it with auz six-year term, and you should be showing up to work, and literally the senate, and is this a french work week? >> we are running for the same position, and you think that attacking me is going to help you. >> and the poll numbers are stuck in the single digits. while some gop candidates shyed away from take on trump, carly fiorina called him out in the reagan library debate about con tr controe ver shall comments he made about the face. >> i think that women all over t the country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> from fiorina to trump to neurosurgeon ben carson, 2015 is the year of the outsider. carter who has no political experience topped the polls this fall briefly, but the inspiring narrative of a violent past and spiritual redemption was called into question by a c nshnn investigation. >> you know when i was camping, and i was 14, i had a knife and i tried to stab him. and fortunately he had a

did jeb bush do what he needed to do last night? >> look, i think jeb bush helped himself last night. the big question for him is was that a fight that he needed to have three months ago and then have every day for three months in order to really start knocking down donald trump and consolidating some of that center-right lane which really does fear a donald trump ascending candidacy. >> it's interesting. you could say that he helped himself, perhaps, but didn't hurt donald trump. i mean, i don't know that he's going to take anything out of trump. and then not only that, but it actually might help trump in the end by boosting jeb versus christie and rubio in new hampshire, muddling up that race for the establishment lane again. >> i think that's exactly right. the more that that lane becomes crowded, the easier it is for trump and cruz to try and whittle this down into a two-person race on the other side, which is the anti-establishment race. and if you look at the polls, that's probably 50% of the race right now. so it's a difficult task f

looks like he's having fun on the stage. you can see that about very few of the other republicans especially someone like jeb bush who has looked miserable throughout the race. donald trump look likes he's having a ball. >> let's talk about this bro-mance. they'll have to keep waiting. cruz refused go after trump and trump made public display of afaction for cruz during the debate and in be spin room. >> he has a wonderful temperament. he's just fine. don't worry about it. >> okay. >> you know what i like about ted cruz, he was with me when nobody else was. when i was saying things that were strong and now people came back and they said trump turned out to be right whether it was illegal immigration or so many other thing, ted cruz was the one person that really backed me. he was with me. i have to respect that. >> this is what the republican establishment, i think we have to come up with a new word for it because there isn't one. today there's nothing like that. they're just wamping these two outliers or out laws dominate the party. >> the republican party is not what it was 20 years ago. it's different. >> why does it look we